National Housing Conference programme update: Study visit to the Barclays campus

 Join us on a study visit to explore how the site is embedded within the community, and the regeneration and renewal for that part of Glasgow.

In October 2022, Barclays completed its new campus in Tradeston, Glasgow. Home to 5,000 staff, the multi award winning campus comprises 500,000 sq. ft of sustainable office, training, wellness and community amenity space across three new buildings and two renovated listed buildings on the south bank of the River Clyde. It has transformed a historic brownfield site into a stimulating and attractive environment for people to work, live and play.

This once neglected part of the waterfront has been reshaped into a new landmark business district, once again placing the River Clyde at the heart of the city’s economic and cultural regeneration.

This study visit will provide an opportunity to tour the campus, and explore:

• How the site is embedded within the community, and the regeneration and renewal for that part of Glasgow.
• The site’s “sustainability centre” and moving towards Barclays’ ambition of being a net zero bank by 2050, working with local materials and all the new technology on the market like air source heat pumps.
• Barclays aim to make it their most accessible and inclusive campus, including an Autism Working Group, and prioritising employee wellbeing.
• Graduate apprenticeship schemes.
• An insight into their work within local communities and schools, providing resources, and digital and life skills.